Last Friday a number of juniors and seniors studying Chinese participated in the Confucius Institute U.S. Center’s 2018 China Career Day. They joined students from other high schools who study Mandarin to learn about how people use their language skills for various jobs. They were joined by guest speakers and mentors from private-sector, multilateral, educational and non-profit organizations. Speakers included Tonija Navas, Director, Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University, Danqing Zhu, World Bank Group, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice, Mycal Ford, Sayari Analytics, Threat Finance Analyst, and Christopher Degnan, US State Department Public Diplomacy Desk Officer, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. In breakout sessions, student shad the chance to learn about international careers, study abroad, and living in China. Students also received feedback in presenting their personal global education story in their college, scholarship and job applications.
Upper school history teacher Mr. Bhuva is one of 40 teachers across the US and Canada who was accepted into the National Geographic Fellowship Collaboration this year. He will be exploring parts of the Arctic Sea ice, recording polar bears and wildlife, and assessing the damage from plastic that has washed ashore in Svalbard. He will also learn about the cultural heritage of Norway. His expedition with naturalists and National Geographic photographers will be recording history and science.
Sixth graders attended a XSTEM conference to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math. They collected scientist trading cards, learned about bouncing lasers, listened to engineers who worked on the Kepler mission, sent Morse code messages through fiber optic cables, built sumo robots, programmed drones, and used microscope.
Students in Mr. McGrath’s D.C. History class visited Ford’s Theatre on Tuesday. Students will learn about Lincoln’s assassination through the play, One Destiny. The play revisits the events of April 14, 1865 and reconstructs the sequence of events that lead up to Lincoln’s death and its aftermath. The play also grapples with the question about how could John Wilkes Booth have been stopped. Students will visit the Aftermath Exhibits at the museum across the street to get a better understanding about the plot to kill the president and how it affected the country.
Mr. Day’s English 10 class and Ms. Seid’s AP Literature Class will perform a scene in the Text Alive! Hamlet production at Shakespeare Theatre company. The performance will be at 10 am on April 28 at Sidney Harmon Hall and will feature sophomores Eva, Antoine, Sara Auriemma, Dante Belcher, Ryan Bradley, Perrin Brady, Justin Burgon, Nora Butler, Zoe Crute, Nona Douglas, Ava Evans, Shelby Ferncrombie, Will Geist, Simon Hall, Gabby Micheli, Bea Mott, Emma Olson, Christly Patillo, Sofia Posada, Felicity Ryan, Aya Salem, Oliver Stevens and Dakota Turnage.
